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Rawze Wrote:Trucks are not a living thing. They cannot heal themselves, and it is up to us, the truck-owner, to ensure the constant wear from its use does not get out of hand costing us unnecessarily. It is unfortunate that not everyone has this opinion, and if you have purchased a used truck, you are likely now burdened with these cold hard facts. It is a very rare thing indeed to purchase a used piece of equipment of any kind that is in perfect working order. I am not telling anyone they must become a mechanic to be successful, but the more they can do themselves to keep that truck rolling cost effectively, safely and reliably, the more chance they will have at overcoming the 80% odds that are against them. Even if you don't own a single wrench, it is paramount that you learn how it should be done and do as much as you can yourself.

Stop relying on everyone else's opinions and recommendations to solve your problems. Take control of them directly, get brave and grab a wrench if need be. Learn and understand your problems as they arise. Take the time to find out what it how to not only to correct the problem, but what was its most likely cause. go further and investigate what it is going to take to not only correct it, but to prevent it from happening again. This is what must happen in order to ensure you stay successful because at the end of the day there is only one person that it will effect, and that person is you.

Exactly. Getting a truck just for the sake of buying is not an option. It can be a variant only for those who want to show off in some way and that's it. But what's next? They either just spend much money - no worries about personal finance - on it and don't see the result or leave the truck under the pile of other stuff in the garage.
Thanks for the info, Rawze.